I I ; ri\ 4' VOL.1. NO. V. FERGUSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MARCH 1900. $2.00 A YEAR. Many Properties Being Developed Kith Good Results. Owners Arc Not Waiting For Capital .But Arc Hard at Work Turning Ticlr Properties Into Shippers.��� Transportation Facilities In Sight for Next Winter. Tho Silver Cup. h. Dldisbelm, the new manager of the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo 'Goldflelds Co., limited, came in Friday and registered at the Windsor. He ���went up to tbe Silver Cup the next day, aid returned through the heavy rain (farm on Sunday morning, having experienced the sensation of seeing three or four snowslldes come down before and behind him. Mr. Dldis- helm did not care to give the Eagle the results of the last large ore shipment to the Trail smelter before reporting to the directors In London, but estimated that it was well up to the average, which has been $150 to .the ton. The present staff at the mine trill be out down to six men for tbo present, but in tbe course of three Months, twenty men will bo put on and vigorous development carried on all summer, In anticipation of the iron horse reaching the foot of the lake this season. Rawhlding and shipping will shortly be discontinued for tho present, on account of the broken up, ���bow roads. Asked as to whether the company would establish thoir present Revelstoke offices here this season, Mr. Dldisseim said that with the adiwat of the railway thoir offices would be removed hero, but the , isolation at present was too evident to think of such a change. Mr. Didis- hoim left by special stage on Sunday afternoon for Thomson's Landing, and he hoped to cross tne arm on Monday, as he had urgent business requiring ilm in Revelstoke. Ho will be down again in the course ot a month. Rob Buy Milieu. Leaving Ferguson, and going up tho ���orth fork of the Lardeau, Circle City is reached, after six miles of travel on the government trail. At this point Surprise creek and Galena creek run into the north fork of the Lardeau. On Galena creek, about 1,000 yards from Circle City, are located tho Rob Soy, Highland Chief and Sir Charles claims, owned by the Scottish-Canadian Mining' and Development Co. li imlted. These properties are situated on (he Home ledge, which is the name l>y which the great lime dyke goes on the north fork, and occur in the contact of the intrusive limestone and the country rock of slate or trap. The main lead in the group is 20 foet -wide. The second is less iu extent but carries higher values. Assays from the Rob Roy have gone $05.00, #108.00 and (101.00 in all values of gold. sliver and lead, while a smelter test made at tbe Trail smelter from tlie same claim gave (101.77 In all values. An assay made February 13,1900, gave values of (112.27. Development is being carried on the Rob Roy by a tunnel and cross-cuts, which give access to three separate leads. The Winona. ntng through both their claims, as it eun easily bo traced. This property was only located last fall. Assays of ore taken from the surface, average (100 to tho ton, In silver and load. A cabin will bo built this season aud development work pushed all summer. There is plonty of timber and water, and u foot of clean oro to start work on. Ilelu Group. Stanley Nix was in town on Monday from tho Beta group, near Trout Lake, whei'o ho has boon putting in the winter running a crosscut to tap the load at u dopth of 100 foot. Ho is now in about (10 feot and expocts to strike tho lead very soon. Tho Beta is one of Trout Lako's promising prospects and is owned by Messrs Stanley Nix and Joe Verschoyle and has a fine shewing of oro, which assays as high as $40 in gold 200 ozs. in silver, besides a big percentage of load and some copper. The Nottlo I.. A nother largo shipment for the Trail smelter is now at Thomson's Landing, waiting for the big C. P. R.. boat to come in for it, ���'. and with this soft weather the ice may be broken any day now. The ore house at the mino is also full of sacked oro, ready for the rawhiders. No more sacking cau bo done until a shipment of ore sacks now at Arrowhead readies hero. There is hundreds of tons of ore hanging in place, and will bo got out as soon as transportation is afforded. Tho Surprise. A lottor dated March 5th received by D. Morgan of this place, from D. Macintosh of Revelstoke; says: "I and another party have bought out Dr. W. B. McKccknio's interest in tho Surprise mineral claim. Wo shall do work on it tho coining winter, if not this summer." AS VIEWED AT VANCOUVER. News Advertiser: Tho Eagle has screamed. This is the najjuj jiu Ferguson's pioneer publication, and a bright little shout it seems. In making its bow to the residents of tho Lardeau und the public generally, tho Eagle says that it by no means feels called upon to offer an Apology for its debut in the journalistic field of British Columbia. The town of Forguson and the important mining camps around it, north, south, oast and west, havo now reached a stage of deyolopment, at which tho establishment of a newspaper to bring tho doings of the district from week to week beforo tho notice of tho outsido world, has become an imperative necessity. Without at all aiming to create a boom or stampede, the Eagle feels confident that the mere record and description of mining development and mining properties in this rich camp cannot fail to have a stimulating effect on the progress of tho Lardoau. The camp has suffered as much from the fact that it has never been half advertised as from anything else. This defect the Eagle proposes, to tho best of its ability, to rectify. The Winona is a direct extension of the Silver Queen, in the Groat Northern group, about three miles northwest of Ferguson. The Silver Queen is a '91 location, which is 000 foot, nnd the Winona is a 1500 foot claim located in '90 by J. S. Williams. Tho Silver Queen ledge runs through >lt and Is a very strong lead carrying good values, about 140 oz. In silver and 50 per cont. lead. Since the recent rich strike In tho Silver Queen the owner of tho Winona has decided to commence development work next season. In fact a syndicate are now negotiating i for a working bond, with a small cash payment down. Tho prospects for considerable activity on the Great Northern hill In general are vory bright for this season. ,. A POLITICAL HAREM. O. A. Sutherland, secretary of tho Kaslo board of trade, Is surely an artist. In answer to a request for information concerning the construction of proposed railways into this district this season, ho proceeds to con domn tho oight-hour law. Yo gods! what noxt will the eight-hour law bo responsible for. Tho KaBlo board ot trade consists of a Mr. Buchanan and othor vory bum would-be politicians, so that really nothing nioro could bo oxpectcd. President Shaugnessy's word Is no where, in comparison with thoso idiotic wire-pullers, But its a consolation to know that thoy must tako thoir niodiclno, every platform now bofore tho people being llrinly plodged to tbe eight-hour law. And it may not bo long until ovon "ignorant Ontario mon with more muscle than brains" may only have to work eight hours around Mr. Buckanan's lumbering establishment. The Revenge Group. This group Is situate about (our miles from the mouth of Sable creek, .in the Flab Creek camp, 14 miles from Thomson's Landing. - It consists cof two claims, the Chamberlain and Revenge, and tho owners, Messrs. .ArthurEvans.and Lorenzo Wisonor, of Ferguson, are of the opinion that they have the Trilby group lead run- II. NEEDHAM ON THE MAIL SERVIOB. H. Neodham, of Thomson's Landing, came in on Thursday evoning and on Friday wont up to the Nettio L. mine to accept tho management of tbe commissariat department. Mr. Need- ham says that thero is positively no need of dolayed mails into this district, If tho contractor was prepared for handling it. Mr. Neodham should know, as ho was courier in '00-'07, a worse winter, ho claims, that this one. .iri'Bi! Owners unit Prospectors Declare It Will He tt Bonanza With Delopment. YELL0W-LEGGEI1S CUT NO ICE Once Condemned By Cnrlyle, Hut There Is Lot8 of Ore .lu.t tlie Sumo, us In Now Being Demonstrated in it l'ructi- e��I Wuy."Ferguson Is Located on the Illver ]>cuch at the Bottom or This Promising Mountain. The strike of a largo body of good ore ion tho Silver Queen is indeed gratifying to all Interested parties. The Groat Northern mountain is proving, with good prospect work, what the owners of the different groups of claims, and prospectors generally, have always maintained���a bonanza. The properties on this hill, like tho Nettie L., have received their share of attention from the yollow-legged fraternity, and in some instances not for the good of tho properties, as in the case of our late mineralogist, Mr. Carlyle, who condemned the hill generally, though it is positively asserted by parties who are In a position to know, that that gentleman never got any closer to the property than tho town of Ferguson, a distance two miles and wroto his report entiroly on hearsay. A rcsuino of tho different groups of claims and tho amount of development ;)ono will, no doubt, prove interesting at this timo. Alpim Group. This group of claims is situated just two miles northwest of Ferguson and on tho hill directly back of aud overlooking this town. Tho group belongs to tho Lillooet, Frasor River and Cariboo Goldflelds Limited and consists of tho following claims: Alpha, Broadview, Old Sonoma, Fhilllpsburg, Colonial and Confederation. Tho development work on this group has been confined to the Broadview and Old Sonoma, nnd consists of a shaft sunk 66 a depth of 112 feet with a drift oil' this at b'O feet from surface, and four tunnels 50,100,200 and 300 feet respectively. A groat deal of ore was encountered in thoso different workings and last fall a carload of this ore was brought down and shipped to sinelter. With the advent of tho railroad this group will undoubtedly become ono of this camp's principal producers. (treat Northern Group. This group consists of tho Great Northern, Hillside, Northland and Northern Light and joins the Alpha group on tho northwest, tho Hillside being an end lino extension of the Broudviow. The ownors, a Montana company, havo done somo 300 foet of development, chiefly tunneling and as a result have proved the oxistaneo of good bodies of high grade ore, assay values of which go as high as $200 per ton. Adjoining these claims on tbe northwest aro the Truo Fissure, St. Klrao, Silver Queon, Yankee and Winona, tho latter an ond extension of the Silver Queon. On tho True Fissure and St. Elmo considerable development work has boon done. A shipment from tbo latter claim, which is owned by B. Ramoy, Hugh McPhcrson and others, has demonstrated it to be a valuable property. Tho Truo Fissure. Tho Truo Fissure, tho discovery claim of all those groups, is owned by Messrs. T*. Downs and Chas. 1-Iolten of Revelstoke, and 1'. Walker of Milton West, Out. It has an immense body of oro iu sight ou tho surface, some of which will require concentrating while a great deal Is of a shipping finality. A tunnel 84 feet In length has beon driven on this claim, which exposes a good body of oro at some dopth. Thoso claims are among tbe most favorably situated of any in the distriot, being froe from natural obstacles and having nn abundance nf timber on the ground and plonty of water, and for extent of oro body is second to nono In tho district. The Silver Queen, The Sllror Queon, which joins tho True Fissure on tho northwest. Is own-' ed by John Stoaubor and is under bond to Vancouver parties who are pushing development work with such gratifying results. The Winona. The Winona which joins tho Silver Queen is practically un unexplored property, but with tho results obtained on the Sllvor Queon its value has beon considerably onhancod as tho Silver Queen ore body undoubtedly passes into this ground. At Bevelstoke Wilt He A Thoroughly Representative On,'. LARDEAU DELEGATES ON HAND And All Are riedgcu to Support None Bui Tom Taylor.���Either Tom Taylor or the Provincial Party is the Verdict In This Camp,���Progressive Legisla- Uoa We Will and Must Have, and In Tftylor We Have ������The Han." As will be scon by a notice In another column, the Hovelstoke wing of the Liberal-Couservativo Association of British Columbia will hold their convention on Saturday next, the 17th, In Revelstoke for the purpose of nominating a candidate to contest this riding. The constituency remains as before, so that tbe Lardeau people are left with tho same .old soro. But thoy certainly are no longor asleep to their own Interests, and every man in tho camp is on tho alort, and determined to elect a lit and proper local man to represent us at Victoria. The unanimous choice of the who' e pooplo is Tom Taylor. Delegates will leave to-day to attend the convention, with the avowed intention of getting what they want- tlie nomination of Tom Taylor. Otherwise there will be trouble browing. With Tom Taylor wo know where wo are at. Otherwise any candidate supporting the line ot policy already laid out by tho Cotton leadership faction will be upheld to a man. The Intelligent electors of this district have thoroughly made up their minds to be hoodwinked no longer, and progressive legislation must predominate. ka outsido man wrill not do. Tom Taylor's principles and knowledge of this riding are well known. They entitle him to tho position of member for this constituency and our representative he will be made, if any kind of a fair deal is forthcoming. A largo and representative meeting was held in Laughton's hall on Monday evening to select delegates lo attend tho Kevolstoke convention. Five were chosen and pledged by tho meeting to support Tom Taylor's candidature only. Failing to do this, ho will be asked to run as an independent, supporting Cotton's leadership and the Provincial Party. A WORKING MAJORITY NBBDED lion.'y Uelng Uselessly Squandered And No HiiMiju'ss Heine; Done.���A Stuple Government K< quired. Polities aro becoming' so mixed in Victoria that the different brands of politicians could not be separated with a concentrator. Joe Martin has been rawhided into the premiership by tho Lieutenant-Government, who has the distinguished honor of being the paternal progenitor of tlie exuberant anil ambitious William Wallace Bruce Molnnis. Smith Curtis, a bum politician from Grand Forks, without a seat but with an immaculate gaul and an experience in a Manitoba law foundry with Joe Martin, is announced as a cabinet minister. Brown uf New Westminster is credited with a willingness to accept tho Minister of Finance job with Joe's aggregation of freaks if tho Dominion government will not deprive him of his job as postmaster of Calamityville. Jim Dunatnuir, the biggest grafter this far north calls Crow's Nest Baker a liar and a turncoat and the colonel threatens to purify li. C. politics by retiring from public life altogether. William Wallace Bruce is willing to sacrifice himself on the altar of his country by accepting ft cabinet position, his little brother wauls a government job and the old gout Is copying tbo stylo which has distinguished the administration of the "yiok Man of tho Bos ph or us." Ti Uunsmuirs have quit Joe Martin cold, the conservatives have an axo to grind, tho liberals are trying to get their augur in, Cotton is looking for a chance to Hash a political black jack on a Headman, ex-governor Mackintosh of B. A. C. notoriety wants cheap advertising on the "ministerial possibility" plan, the estimates are not passed, tho voter's lists have been lost in the shuffle, the redistribution has gone where tho woodbine twineth, the asylum at Westminster is too crowded to' make room for cheap political mauiacs and the jails grade too many domagoues to bo thrown open free of charge. Altogether, says the Sandon Fay- streak, it looks like Barnum's menagerie after an entangling alliance with a Missouri oyclone or a Klondyke [should read Lardoau] trail in springtime. There is room for improvement in Ji. C. politics. TUB DEMISE OJ? .JOHN DOIIEKTV, John Donor ty succumbed to his injuries, received while at work on February 2Stb in the Nettio L. mine, this morning! Such was the sad news conveyed to Fergusonians on Friday morning.n��Every thing iu man and money's power was done to save him, but the shock was fatal, as the poor suffering man seemed to realize. The expressions of sympathy and bereavement were many and heartfelt. Mr, Doherty had not an enemy in the camp, and was respected by all. All the miners at the Nettie L. laid off as soon as the word reached them, to attend the funeral oT their late foreman, who was thought the world of by all hifl comrades. Tie was a man among men, whose honest and upright qualities endeared him not only to his immediate comrades, but to everyone in the camp. Ho was at all times respected and loved by his many social and business acquaintances and friends, and his untimely death is deeply regretted by all. The Eagle can only extend its sincere sympathy to his poor old lone mother in Ireland in her sad loss, and may peace that passeth all knowledge and understanding be with and sustain her in this sad affliction. His death has created a void in this camp which the long lapse of tiino can alone efface. Tho funeral, tho first in the district, took place at JO a.m. on Saturday from tbo residence of F. T. Abcy at Trout Lake, when nearly everyone in the camp paid thoir respects by following the remains to their last, resting place. Kev. Father Thayer of Revelstoke, conducting the burial rites. INSPECTOR DORMAN "��� ,B. BATHO. Vancouver, B. C, * * G. B. Batho, Ferguson, B. ('.. Dear Sir : I am informed that you havo been carrying an additional mail per week between Trout Lako and Forguson without additional expense to the department * * . I havo instructed the postmaster at Trout Lake to deliver to you or your authorized courier, as frequently as you may apply for it, a regular mail for Trout Lako so that if you are willing to carry tho extra mail every facility will bo afforded you. * * . Yours truly. W. H. Dorman, Post Office Inspector. GIVE IT TO PS LIGHT MLLIE. Sandon Paystreak: No. 1 Vol, of tho Lardoau Eagle has arrived In this oflice. The Eagle's nest is situated on tho main street of tho embrayo metropolis of the Lardeau ���Ferguson, B. C���and its screams will be for the purpose of directing the attention of tho world at large to the richness Of the great new silver camp. R. P. Pectipiece is editor and to those who know him tho.'mere announcement is sufficient guarantee that it will be breezy and brilliant enough to keep Ferguson in the public eye. FERGUSON LITERARY SOCIETY. At the last meeting of the Ferguson literary and debating society, tho audience was pretty evenly divided as to whether federal party lines should be introduced into provincial politics. Tho descussion brought out many good points for both sides. At the closo a business meeting of tho members was held. A. C. Cummins was unanimosly selected as president for the next term. F. Holten was re-elected secretary and an executive committee consisting of Messrs. Eaton, Brown aud Helton were selected. LONG. SOUGHT FOR LEGISLATION. Tho action of the Dominion government in introducing legislation with the object of restricting Mongolian immigration, will meet with tho hearty approval of tbe mass of people In British Columbia. Some of the leading men of tho conservative party havo openly expressed their sympathy with the demands of British Columbia for legislation along these lines. There can bo little doubt as to the issue.���Kamloops Sentinel. p J I! IN Never So Much Development Work Being Done As Now. FERGOSON THE SUPPLY' POINT Preparations 1'or This Season's Busy Activity Now Being Made.���New Properties Being Opened Up And New Buildings Under Construction. ���The Camp's Pay Roll Increasing. Outsiders are now beginning to realize tbe constantly increasing importance of Ferguson as tho chief commercial and distributing point for tho upper Duncan and northeastern ind mostly developed portion of the Trout Lake mining divisions, and its commanding position as a trade centre for tlio rapidly rising mining camps of this rich and extensive mineral district. And tho EAGLE wishes to intimate that this soason will witness a permanent advance in every lino of business. Railway transportation facilities ere another year is now a certainty. Tho mining' industry of this amp is now beginning to bo the scene of much business enterprise and activity, a good many men working proper- tics are already dotted over tho district ind soveral mining companies are operating, a few large shipments of high grade ore having been mado since the new year, thus adding considerably to tlie pay roll of the camp. Trails, though not enough, have been built radiating in all directions from Ferguson to these scenes of busy activity, where under the superintendence of practical managers, tho miners are winning wealth for tho ownors and getting a just day's wago for a just day's work for their share. This activity in the 'district is rapidly beginning to reflect itself in Ferguson, which is its centre. A great deal of building is contemplated ..for this spring, and many needed improvements will then be made, which It will be the business of tho Eagle to advocate and chronicle. The Great Wee- tern Mines, Limited, The Double Eagle Mining Co., Limited, and J. W. Wert- fall for his companies, all intend erecting their ofiieos here at an early date, which will tend to center banking and like 'institutions hero, where the men will bo paid oil and buy their everyday supplies. Tho town of Ferguson occupies a position which is bound to build up a large city in the near future. It la tha wholesale and distributing point for a district, which combining as it does immense promise of mineral wealth and unlimited forests of good timber, has few equals even in this wonderful province of British Columbia. The lumber industry of the immediate neighborhood will bo one of supreme importance, furnishing as it will lumber for every purpose right in the camp. This industry will add to the pay roll of tlio town and the extent of the local trade, tho amount of which is testified to by the immense stocks kept constantly on hand by our Ferguson merchants. Present transportation facilities are against the district in general; but with the expenditureof a few thousand dollars on trails, the opening of navigation between the Landing and Ar- owhead, and the construction of bettor means of reaching after the upper Duncan trade a much larger business will bo done with greater oaso. The actual requirements of consumers hore this season will warrant the local merchants enlarging -their stores and stocks, as is already being done. Tho telephone lino connecting Forguson with the main line and intermediate points is a great advantage to everyone in tho district and facilitates the transaction ,,f mining deals, etc. Tlio Eagle has ovory reason to.believe that this season will he tho dawning (>f a new era for this camp. The owners of properties have taken tho initiative, gone to work, shewing up rich ore bodies, getting out test shipments and demonstrating in a very practical way that we have a district well worth inspecting 'and investing money in. MAV BE AM. RIGHT, BUT IT SOUNDS. ���Referring to the charter which the North Kootonay Water, Power & Light company is applying for, the company's solicitor says: "Tho pooplo down there seem to think this bill is for a monopoly, but it is no such tiling. The company cannot record a drop of water until they apply for it in th same way as any private individual cau do and they have to pay for it th same as any ono olso, undor tho provisions ol I lie Water Clauses Act." TRADES AM> LABOR COlNl'll.. Tbo following oHlcers have boon elected by the Revelstoke trades and labor council for the ensuing term. D. Stamper former recording-secretary has been turned down entirely. President, ���. Wilks: vice president, T. J. Grnhami recording secretary, Frank Craig: financial socrotary, B. F. Gaymoni treasurer, Samuel Neodamj sergoant-at-ai'ins, ���. Stddoll; trustees, T. .1. Graham and ���. Wilks: constitution committee, 11. F. Gaymoii. T. .1, Graham and W. Loidy. THE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, MARCH 14, 1900. THE FERGUSON EAGLE Published every Wednesday morning at the offico of publication, Ferguson, B. C.,by R. P. FEJTTIFIHJOE. Advertising Rate* oolumn hicli; $8.00 title Display uilri. >i 50 per .tiniii men; ipf.uu per ini-li when inserts oti o page. Lego] ads, too per Ipoiiparie.) Hue for nrst insertion; 60 for each additional Insertion, Reading notices 10c per line cacti Issue. Birth, Marriage and Death notices free. Subscription Rates: Hymall or carrier, $8.00 per annumi 91.00 for six months. No pay, no paper; stopped at expiration. Job Department: Thk BaglbJou Departinonl is well equipped, and Is prepared to eseeutoall binds of printing at honest prices. Mail orders [irpmptlv attended to. Give us a trial on your next oraei to*6drres Bents: Thk I''ai.i.k invites cor spondeuceon am Bubjeot ��f Interest to the neral publlo.and desires a reliable regular coi- ipondont In everv locality Burronndlng Fergu- n. The boiia ftdo name of tho writer musl ac- mpany manuscj*lpt. Address all communications to��� THE FERGUSON EAOLE, Ferguson, B. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1900. WILL SENO THK HILL TO YOU. K/, for war, I call it murder��� There yon have it plain an' Hat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment [or that; "1'ain't your eppylctts an' feathers Make tlie thing a grain more, right; Titin't a-folleriif your bell-wethers Will excuse ye in His sight; El you take a sword an' dror it, An' go stick a [eller thru, Qliv'ment ain't to answer [or it, t'lOU WILL XENIJ THE IIII.I, TO VOU. ���.lames Hussell Lowell. EIGHT-HOUR LAW. Strolls Opinion Kxprosstul liy a Montreal Paper. In a recent issue the Montreal Herald said:��� "Despite the denial of the president of tlie War Eagle and the general manager of the Le Hoi that there was any connection between their closing down and the agitation against the eight hour law, there are not wanting evidences of concerted action on the part of mine ownors to bring about its repeal and incidentally to crush the labor union. The management of the Hall Mines and smelter openly declared that they were closing on this account. The engineer in charge ol the Dominion Copper Company's mines In tho Boundary, in announcing the closing of the whole of their mines, says: 'I got instructions from the East (which means from Mackenzie & Mann, who hold a controlling interest) to follow the lead of the Kootenay mines on account of tho eight hour law.' These are new accessions' to the ranks of those who, ever since the passing of tlie eight hour 'aw a year ago, have thrown their mines idle,scattered their workmen and deprived their shareholders of the- sotno cases���much needed dividends "In discussing the question it must not be forgotten that the object of the Mine Owner's Association, as boldly declared, is twofold���to secure the repeal of the abnoxious law and to crush the miners' union. The former is within the range of possibility, the latter probably not. It is too late in the day to deny to workmen the same right to organize and co-operate as is claimed and exercised by employers. Thirty years ago conservative employers of labor accustomed to rule with an iron rod believed that trades unions were only a passing fad. But with ill grace they accepted the inevitable. "Unions arolegitimate organizations, so extensive in their scope and so sensitive in their operation,! that to touch one part is to affect all, and other labor organizations on this continent that would be disposed to rally to the support of one, however feeble, if its right to exist wore called into question. "The eight hour law is another matter altogether, one on which there may be different opinions, and one about which it is quite proper to fight if the campaign be properly conducted. In passing this law, the government was only putting itself in lino with the Imperial government, which ten years ago decided that eight hours was long enough for nion to work under ground, Canadians should not need lessons in humanity either from the Mother Country or the western Stales, where for years tbe miner lias enjoyed the blessings ot an eight hour day. The tendency throughout the civilized world is to lesson the. hours of labor in all callings whore the physical exertion is considerable, and especially iu tlie hazardous occupation of mining, and it lias been amply demonstrated by results that eight hours is tke maximum time during which a miner can exert his utmost capacity, and that to prolong the time is certain to result In diminishing instead of increasing the production. "It is a poor comment upon the value of British Columbia mines to say that they will not pay on the eight hour system, and strangely at variance with the glowing representations made in most of the prospectuses that have beon issued. One might well be curious to know what the money market thinks of the statement nnd how it will affect the flow of outside capital to the province, but since the law is just and humane, and one that has received the'approval of the highest authority, it is to be hoped the provincial government will not accede to the press are that is undoubtedly being exerted fr^v Its repeal." HAPPY NKW ZEALAND. The gold standard casts its blight over New Zealand as well as over all of what are known as tha "civilized" and "christianized" countries of the world, but the people there have applied a partial remedy in the shape of a postal savings bank and the government loans to the people at a low rate of interest. The horror with which tho daily newspapers and magazines of the aforesaid "civilized" and "christianized" countries, our own Canada included, view thiB proposition becomes laughable when one observes liow smoothly and beneficially the scheme works in New Zealand and how everybody there upholds it as a common sense business proposition. Other schemes now firmly established in New Zealand are the following: The railway and telegraph lines are owned by the government. The graduated land taxis in operation, the large land owners the heaviest. If the owner is dissatisfied, the government will buv the land at the assessed value. Strikes are avoided by government board of arbitration. All stores are closed by law at a certain hour. The merchants say they do not lose by it. A weekly half holiday for employes is compulsory. The factory laws do away with the system of sweating. Every man or woman over the age of (15 without means of Bupport draws a pension, the maximum being$!)0a year. It is expected that better provisions will be made for the helpless aged in the near future. A government life insurance bureau ia in operation. The government acts as a trustee for estates, capital, etc., and guarantees the honesty of Ub agents. The government rnns an employment bureau. In December it placed 40 people with private employes and 66 on government work. Plutocrats do not constitute the supreme political power of New Zealand. Land monopoly, railroad monopoly and money monopoly are effectually prevented there, and as a result the country is free from tramps and unemployed men and women. ROCKEFELLER'S MILLIONS. It Is estimated that the income of John D. Rockefeller for the year 1900, from the Standard Oil Company, will amount to $32,000,000. Andrew Carnegie, who is reported to have said that Rockefeller is the richest man in the world, will, it is supposed, have an income this year, from the big steel trust, of (24,500,000. Both these men began with comparatively nothing, and both are esteemed as good men for their great charity, and their continued interest in the Christian religion. Yet they have piled up fortunes bo colossal that their incomes are estimated at the immense figures already quoted. In a country that professes to confer liberty and equality upon Ub people, and especially a young country that boasts a disregard for those established usages that guard the hereditary rich in the old world, would it not be reasonable that the United States Government should order an enquiry into the methods by which these colossal fortunes were amassed, and the conditions that made, ot that now make, such results possible. In this connection, it is worth noting that Rockefeller and Carnegie have not the fortunes that their incomes seem to suggest, but that both derive an unknown but immense sum from the advantages that they are permitted to take of the necessities of the great bulk of the people, it is this that should justify investigation.���Toronto Star. A OAHE FOR LIFE. Last year, says London Tit Bits, a game of chess was played between two German students under very tragic conditions. The two plnyers, who were rival claimants to tlie hand of a daughter of one of their professors, had quarrelled and exchanged blows, and a duel became inevitable. As each man was a skillful chess player it was decided that they should play a game, and that I the loser should take his own life. The gruesome game was played in a restaurant, aud after a stubborn struggle ended in favor of the aggressor in the quarrel The following morning the loser was found dead iu his rooms. Perhaps the most tragic game on record was played many years ago by HerrWatzdorf aud Horr Schwartz 6,000 feot above tho earth, in this case, too, jealousy was the sole cause, of tlie tragedy, and the rivals decided to resort to the novel expedient of playing a death game above the clouds, tlie loser to throw himself from tho balloon. One can picture something of the tragic tension of the two players as each card was turned up and played, and tho growing despair of Horr Schwartz as he saw that destiny was against him. With the throw of the last card he turned round and flung himself 5,000 feet down to the earth, whero his mutilated body was found on tho following day. His death was ascribed to accident, and tho true story of this aerial tragedy was not known nntil Watzdorf declared it on his death bed a few years ago. An Unfortunate Reseinblnnoo. There was a guest at the dinner table at the Blanque's the other night, a gen tleman of some considerable note.whom the Blanques were particularly desirous of pleasing. The visitor is the possessor of a somewhat luxuriant lot of whiskers and a good deal of tangled hair. At tho table was young Tommy Blanque, aged 5, whose behavior is usu- ally so exemplary that he was permitted to come to dinner. The Blanques aro proud of Tommy. Tommy watched the guest with a fascinated air. But pretty soon he blurto- out: "Say, mamma, doesn't that gentled man look like Major?" "Hush, Tommy," whispered his mother. What did tho little man inquire?" spoke up the visitor. "I said you looked like Major," replied Tommy promptly. "Tommy, be quiet," cried his mother, "Some military friend, eh?" said the guest, affably. "And who is Major, my little man?" Tommy's mamma made an ineffectual attempt to stop him, but it came too late. "He's my dog," said Tommy. Whereupon his mother promptly banished him in sobbing disgrace. TRUMPET CALLS FROM RAM'S HORN. Many lose their souls to save their skins, It is a mistake to be forever copying copies. The simplest patriotism is the hardest to practice. The life of goodness Is the likeness of God. Spiritual vision is not material blindness. The godly man is he who acts divinely to bis fellows. The roses drop from sin, but the thorns remain. He is a brave man who thinks new thoughts aloud. God is working toward a perfect man in a perfect world. Duplicity of conduct will not win im- plicity of confidence. The riper the fruit of holiness, the lower it bends itself. A criminal may escape from his cell but not from himself. There will be"goodwill amongst men" when they all do God's will. The angel's song ia not set for their choir alone, but for all the chorus of humanity. Sorrow cannot separate us from the Savior, but He shall yet separate us from them. FheDoubl lining^ Limited. Capital, $1,000,000, in $1 shares. 4oo,ooo in the Treasury. First Block of Treasury Shares now on the market for a limited time at 10 GENTS. DIRECTORS; WM. F. COCHRANE, Manner the Cochrftno Hunch, Limited, Mtielcuii. JOHN ,1. YOUNG, Managing Director of Th. Herald, Calgary W. It. POOL, President Great Western Mines, Limited, Ferguson and Revelstoke. .1. I>. ORAHAM, Bold Commissioner. Atlin, BC F. W. GODSAL, Rancher; Plnchor Creek GEO, S. MoCARTKB, Solicitor, Revelstoke W. M. BROWN, Proprietor St Leon Hot Springs, Revelstoke. The Doable Eagle Company hus been formed (or the purpose, not only ot mining its present properties, bnt of acquiring promising claims and developing them to an extent that will justify their sale to English and other companies at a profit. The company already owns and has paid for in full, the Trilby and Old Saul properties in the famous Fish River.district, and a three-quarts rs interest in the May Bee mine, in the Lardeau district one and a half miles from Ferguson. Sufficient promoter's shares have been set aside for tbe purchase of the remaining quarter. The May Bee is the sister claim to the now famous Nettie L, which has broken all records in British Columbia for large bodies of phenomenally rich orei The May Bee and Nettie L were located together in 1892 by Mr. W. B. Pool (who has been appointed manager of the Double Eagle Co.) Both claims carry identically the same rich ore on the surface and the same remarkable ledge runs through both, carrying high values in gold, copper, silver and lead. The promoters have already spent $4,000 in developing the May Bee, with excellent results, and in order to place the mine quickly on a shipping basis the company now offers the public the opportunity of in- \ csting to a limited extent in fully paid and non-assessable treasury shares (par value $1) at 10 cents each. Shares will he sold in blocks of 100 and upwards. The company reserves the right to withdraw the sale of shares from the market at any time without notice. Application* may be sent to the Secretary, A. H. HOLDICH, Revelstoke. Or to JNO. J. YOUNG, Herald Block, Calgary. WISE AND OTHERWISE. A man who bets may be doing wrong but the man who doesn't bet is no better. If a man would live to a ripe old age he should get his name on the pension roll, Many a man becomes a pessimist when he begins to harvest his wild oats. Every time a woman deceives a man his vanity gets a shock that puts it to Bleep. Unless a man is influenced by a wo man he is neither very bad nor yet very good. Nothing pleases a man more than to hear that his neighbor has lost all his money. Many a man has avoided the slip 'twixt cup and the lip by drinking out of the bottle. A student of human nature who knows his business never wastes much time in society. Whenever a man is browbeaten it is usually by the gray matter behind some other fellow's brow. No man is absolutely perfect, but he whoackhowledges his fault is more than halfway up the ladder. Says an old bachelor; "No one ever heard a married man boasting that he had never made a mistake." What the Pay Will Be. For the benefit of those who are curious 'o know what pay the volunteers for the Strathcona Horse will receive, it may be said that until the corps arrive in South Africa mounted police pay will prevail, which is as follows: Private 50 cents per diem, corporal 85 cents, sergeant II, sergeant major 11.50. On arriving in South Africa the line cavalry scale will be paid, which is: Private one shilling and two pence, corporal two shillings, setgeants two shillings and eight pence, troop ser- If you desire any Information Concerning thisdistrict drop me a line and I will cheerfully give you any particulars I can. Town Lots or Mining Properties Handled on commie sion. If you have either to sell or wish to invest, write me. There are some splendid openings here for various businesses. Write for particulars. R, P. PETTIPIEOE, Ferguson, E C. The Ferguson Eagle Published at the office, Victoria Ave., Ferguson, B, C, every Wednesday. Authentic fllining fietxts of the Hafdeaa and Trout bake Districts will be its mission, and the interests ot these districts will be its sole duty first, last and always. Properties now being operated will be visited and accurate reports of development given. Being published right in tlie centre of the present activity it will prove a valuable medium to advertisers, The Eagle will grow as fast as the promising district in which it is published. Subscription, $2.00 per annum geant-major three shillings and 10 pence, squadron sergeant-major four shillings and four pence This may be supplemented by a grant from the Canadian government sufficient to bring the pay up to that paid the Canadian militia, which is about the same as the mounted police rate. If a man is unlucky it worries him, and if he is lucky then he worries because he is afraid his luck will turn against him. moke oyal paper. "No pav, no Will be sent to Ave ad dresses for $7.50. Old country subscriptions, $3.00.' Help the district, help the publisher, help yourself. Commercial Job Printing Of every description executed on shortest notice at moderate prices. ' Mail orders solicited. Address��� THE FERGUSON EAGLE, Ferguson, B. 0. and Little Qem Union Made By The Ferguson, B.C., Reasons why The Eagle is in the District TO STAY Nelson, B. C. See that the Blue Label is on each box. Ferguson (its nest) is not a "'boom" town, or boomerang; but a steady growing mining camp since the season of '97. Its unique geographical position:is by sheer force making it the commercial aud social centre of Golden Lardeau. It is sltaated at the point where the waters of the north and south forks of the Upper Lardeau River meet, ii beautifully located on a spacious flat on the side of a mountain, which affords the only possible location for a town site for many miles in any direction. Planted as ft is at the forks of the river, it commands the traffic of the mining camps on both the north and south branches of the river. At least 20 mines are ready to ship ore as soon as the railway furnishes transportation in the vicinity. The railway experts have been quick to perceive the natural advantages which its geographical position has conferral upon Ferguson. Both the G. P. R. and Kaslo, Lardeau & Duncan Ry have roads surveyed Into Ferguson, Thus making the place a! competing point and insuring its future as an important railway and distributing centre. - Taking this fact into consideration and remembering that as soon as ever the cars react.' Ferguson there will be, on a conservative estimate, 25 or 80 mines commencing to ship ore ot a grade which in a marvel in Kootenay.the land of high-grade silver ore, there is no reason for doubt as to Ferguson's future prospects. The pay-roll of the mines tributary to Ferguson will.withinaverv short while of the advetit of tho iron horse, begin to run away up into the thousands. At present the following concerns are doing business in Forguson: A saw-mill, throe general stores, (which supply even the mining companies operating iu the district,which speaks volumes for their just prices), four first-class hotols, (and two more to follow), two livery, feed and sale stables' (good outfits for all purposes), an assay office, a black- smithslinp, a newspaper, a private school, (a public school to be established at once), a money order offico, oro and supply houses. All three store firms purpose enlarging their space and stock in the spring. A town hall, fire hall nnd several residences are to be erected as soon as lumber is available. Several ownors of partially developed properties adjacent to the town intend moving their families to Forguson in tho spring, and will then devote their whole time to opening up their properties. Throe mining companies, now working full forces on high-grade propositions, which are shipping ore right along, will make their headquarters and alliens at Ferguson at once. Forguson will be a smelting nffd railway point. How to reach this promising camp. Ferguson lies about M miles southeast of Revelstoke- and the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is approached at present by taking the Arrowhead branch at Revelstoke to Arrowhead, 28 miles, thence by steamboat up tho northeast arm of Arrow Lake to Thomson's Landing, 10 miles, and from the Landing to Ferguson, a distance of 16 miles, over the government wagon road by stage, team or horseback. Soon, however, these conditions of travel will be changed very much for the better. Railroad surveys hold out a promise of being able to reach Ferguson either from the south or north comfortably in Pullman cars. The district is well worth seeing and will stand investigation. THE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, MARCH 14, 1900. SSSSSSSXSSSXSSSXSSSSSSSSSi H K3K3K353K5K3K3K3Cg3K:S3K3!a to ",l IFERQU. LARDEAU niN 181 1 The Sandon of the Lardeau. The destination of both the Canadian Pacific and Kaslo & iLardo-Duncan Railways, which will provide the long-looked-for transportation for ore to places of treatment. High Grade Ores, silver, lead and gold, now being shipped, even under present conditions, at a handsome profit by a few companies operating. Conveniently situated on an ideal bench at the forks of the North and South Lardeau. All the roads from the many developing claims and working mines lead to Ferguson. Plenty of timber and abundant water power. Capitalists come straight through to Ferguson, put up at the com fortable hotels and from there walk to personally inspect prospective purchases. The miners come down the hill into Ferguson to get their supplies. Ovei-mOmen ,t.... |m ,.-���,, now working IS J :B 8 IS underground and many more will be in a short time. No labor trouble on in the Lardeau Trout Lake Mining Divisions. Blest with practical men, bona fide mining companies. Plenty of room for legitimate iu- vestment. guson are going steadily through the quietest time of year. Ferguson is the natural and commercial centre of the Lardeau and will be the head quarters for wholesale houses, c o r- porations and banking institutions. The mines' direct supply point. The starting point for all mining operations on the North and South Forks of the Lardeau River. Ferguson is well represented with business houses, hotels, etc and many have purchased lots with a view to establishing businesses of various kinds as soon as the coming season properly opens up. An Al location for market gardening. Special inducements offered and a splendid field and opportunity for manufacturers. For further information, apply to��� W. N. Brayton. General Agent. Herary Floyd, Local Agent. SALE OF THE OLD HANDFKESg. "An old handpress for sale���old, but in perfect order, and able to do good work yet.''���Georgia Exchange. They're aellin' of the old handpress��� That's what the papers say��� The presB the editors have "pulled" Until their locks were gray; The press tho "Old Subscriber" loved In days that are no more��� That printed all the country news From Jinks' to Jones' store. They're sellin' of the old handpress��� The office boy is old��� The last of all its editors Has joined the heavenly fold j No more 'twill welcome "Major Grsen And family to the town," Or tell us of the melon crop From Billville up to Brown." They're sellin' of the old handpress. Full manv a breezy day, When they'came to whip the editor We've seen him blaze away With his double-barrelled shot gun- Till they fled in deep distress From the buckshot as they rattled round The old handpress! It looks so lonely and forlorn 1 Oh, heartless auctioneer, Be careful when you cry out To read its title clear! j For though they have it up for Bale | I do not love it less, For the editor has whaled me On the old handpress 1 THE MEANING IN EVENTS. Tlio Ileal Hlg-iitnoanoa uf tlio Philippine ai.il South African StrugRiei. Speaking nf wars as civllizers and the law of tho survival of tho fittest, T. A. Goodwin writes to tho Indianapolis Press as follows:��� About midsummer, 18(18, when the land was filled with mourning and men's hearts quaked because of fear on account of tho terrible loss of life at Gettysburg nnd the uncertainty of the situation, a distinguished Presbyterian minister, who was waiting at the union station for his train, called upon his personal friend, William N, Jackson, then, as now, doing duty in tho secretary's oflice. After the usual salutations the preacher asked: "What do you think of the conditions of the country, Brother Jackson?" Without speaking a word, Mr. Jackson reached for his Bible, then lying on his table, and, turning to the Ninety- seventh Psalm, said: "Read that," and the preacher read: "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice." "That answers the whole question," said Mr. Jackson. Clouds and darkness may be about Him; we may not be able to see the meaning of His acts, but we are sure that righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His throne, hence we can only wait and trust. "Far, far above our thought His counsel shall appear, When fully He the work hath wrought That caused our needless fear," Then followed a half-hour's conversation along the line of the scripture quoted, Mr. Jackson insisting that thoso who came after would understand why God used war to accomplish what could not be brought about by any other agency; and the preacher took the can for home a happier man for tho interview with a layman who reads and believes the Biblo.and long ago thoso who participated in that war from mere political motive learned that "Far, far above their thought" God had in view not only the emancipation of the negro, but the emancipation of tlio slaveholders themselves, and their elevation to a higher moral, social nnd commercial plane than was possible with the nightmare of slavery paralysing them, and the lifting of tho whole nation to a higher level. Whoever would study these wars intelligently, or any war, for that matter, must recognize, as a foundation truth, that the Lord loignoth. We may not always be pleased witli His methods; we may even imagine wo could do better if we wielded the sceptre, or we may go only a short step farther and say in our hearts, if not words.thero is no God; yet still He reigns, and we must submit to His laws, howovor reluctantly except that in tho ixercise of our froe will we may disregard His moral laws and take the consequences. Finally, however, after strutting defiantly on tbe stage for a brief period,as if the world were made solely for our delectation, or ought to have been, the curtain drops, and, in obedience to tho law we most despised, dust returns to dust again and the mourners go about tho streets as mourners have gone for thousands of yoars,as if some great calamity had befallen them, whereas, only a law of our being has been obeyed, and it was no calamity at all Death is no calamity. There are at least two companion truths always to be taken into account in such a study; though possibly they are less fundamental, yet they are important. First, God's methods are always evolutionary. With Him it is always the germ, the blade, the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. In the inanimate realm there have been distinct forms of development,each succeeding: period building on its predecessor. In the animated realm it is the same. The thorough bred horse of to day is the result of natural selection- the survival of the fittest; as the apple of today is the resultant of cultivation, it is the improved crab-apple of the early forests. So of the most cultured peoples of today it may be said almost in the language of Saxe: Most certainly we Anglo-Celt-Saxon- Norman Teutonic folks will not have to go far up our thread ancestral before we find some very rude, uncultured ancestors, but little if any superior to the original Hottentots of South Africa or the Filipinos of tho Archipelago. The second companion truth to bo always present in such a study is that what (iod does for man He does by man. Sometimes this is done through the gentle ministrations of parents and teachers; sometimes through tho more severe discipline of the master driving his slaves to his task, as the negro has been lifted from his condition as it was in the jungles; and often by tho horrors of war, for there has not beon a war since the days that sheik fought sheik, that tho survival of the fittest has not contributed to the uplift of the race. This may not always be so marked as to bo perceptible in any given case, hut in tho end it is marked. Every school boy knows how tho present cultured Englishman has grown from the ignorant and warliko clans of earlier times. What may have been the immediate motive of the Boers in declaring war against the British, or the motive of England in the demand which made war inevitable, has nothing to do with the real significance of the war. The bottom fact is that for 800 years representatives of the lower stratum of Dutch civilization had been operating in South Africa only because it yielded rich pecuniary results; they had intermarried with the aboriginal Hottentot, producing a mongrel people, more Hot- tentotish than Dutch, with little prom ise of any higher civilization in the next 800 years, occupying one of the most productive portions of the earth, rich in gold and other precious minerals, yet not open to other people except under humiliating conditions. This might of itself be no just cause for a war of aggression if it were true that the accidental possession of such a region by a handful of people who would not half develop either its agricultural or mineral wealth, gave those possessors a vested right to its exclusive possession. To so claim is to assume that the 7,000 Indians who, a hundred years ago, roamed through the forests and the prairies of the territory which now constitutes the state of Indiana had such a title to the land and that we are trespassers. They had no such exclusive right. Whether the English had a right to march into that territory to protect British subjects who had been inveigled into the country by promise of citizenship on easy terms, and who had been the victims of cruelty and oppression���all this has nothing to do with the real significance of the war. While no one doubts the final result, as relates to the sovereignty of the Transvaal, possibly In a year, possibly not in a decade, one abiding result must follow,whether the question of sovereignty he settled soon or never: A higher type of civilization and culture will be introduced into South Africa within a decade, as a result of the war, than the Dutch have introduced In 800 years. In other words, tho war only marks an epoch in the upward march of culture among that people, and the Dutch-Hottentot people of the closing year of the twentieth century will be thankful for a war that was necessary to produce such a result, and still more thankful will the prosperous nation be that will hold that fruitful land in the far distant thirtieth century. The real significance, therefore, of tho Philippine war is that it marks an epoch in the life-work of America. It is the beginning of the mission for which God has been preparing ub all these years. The war began with that humane impulse which sent us to Cuba to rescue the perishing. From that came the Philippine war; beyona that the world. Of course, a few cowardly, selfish souls will protest, but from our present work there never can be any retreat. All down the coming ages the tribe of cynics will snarl, but the work will go on; not (or the sake of the world's commerce, but commerce will go with America's civilization, and in the near by-and-by it will be American commerce and civilization without the American saloon and the American beer. But it will be ages and centuries and milleniums before the work is finished. God is never in a hurry. The eternities are His. 'How to Select a Wife" is the title of a recent magazine article. Probably the safest plan is to wait till she becomes a widow. A dentist may be painstaking, but he gives a lot of pain. * The Pioneer Livery, Feed and Sale Stables When an optimist strikes a thorny path he finds consolation in the fact that he doesn't have to step on all the thorns. Ritualism is an attempt to feed men on furniture. Thomsons Landing, Trout Lake City, Ferguson, Ten Mile. General Freighters to all points in the District. Light rigs for quick trips provided. Saddle horses-at'all stables. The traveling public accommodated at any time of the day or night. For any further particulars, freighting rates, etc. address��� Craig & Hillman, THOMSON'S LANDING, B. C. SMOKE CIGARS And at all times insist on the box bearing tbe blue label It helps manufacturers to see the force of paying fair and honest wages Nelson Iiqar Makers' Union, CANADIAN PACIFIC RY. AND STEAMSHIP LINE A ND SOO-PACIFIC ROUTE. The only direct route from Kootenay Conntry to all points East & West First-class Sleepers on all trains from Revelstoke and Kootenay Landing. Tourist Cars pass Revelstoke Daily for St. Paul; Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto; Thursdays for Montreal and Boston. Same cars pass Medicine Hat one day later. Daily train to Arrowhead from Rev ehjtoke on main line. Daily steamer connecting for all Kootenay points and Crows Nest branch. For Boundary conntry vis Robson, leave Arrowhead daily oxcopt Saturday. For rates and full information address noarest local agent or��� JOB McCKRKKY, A ict Arrowhead. W. F. And��rion, T. P. A., Ni'lson. T. W. BBADSBAW, A^-l Kevelstokc. B.J, IIOVLK, A O. P. Aet. Vancouver Staple Stationery Letter and Note Pads, Envelopes, Blotters, Pens, Pencils, Ink, Blank forms, Etc., for sale at moderate prices at the office of��� "The Eagle" Victoria Avenue. THK FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, J3. C, MARCH H, liniu. THE LOCAL FIELD George Sula.cs la down from tho Cup. Cariboo Chinoso aro La ading the Yukon. Neil ttegun came do wo from the Silver Cup on Sunday. Ladysmith is the nauao of a new townsite In the Boundary. Kev. b'athet* Thayor of Hevelstoke, was in town on Saturday and Sunday. J. Booth, painter and paper hangert is down at Trout Lako doing some work. Tlio Catholic Register is tho only religious journal in Canada which uses the union label. A. K. Kincaiilo and R. Crtily a"o in town, ami may go out to tho main lino for a few days. Registered mall from Ferguson of Pabruary 20th, 2fird, and 27th.. only reached Arrowhead un March 3rd. The Liberals tonservatlve party In this province is definitely pledged to "the existing eight-hour law In its Integrity." D. L-. Clink,proprietor of tho Trout Lako Saw Mill, was In town the latter end of tho week, looking after his business interests hore. Tho money order oflice at Ferguson is now open and doing considerable business. The convenience is appreciated by all in this district. Hugh John Macdonald, Manitoba's now premier, is working in entire accord with the labor organizations of that, progressive province. William Kennedy and T. H. Currie, ot the Nottie L. mine, were down on Saturday to attend the funeral of their late comrade John Doherty. Sandon is on tbo bum once more. The merry tinkle of the Ivory and 1,1m wber-r r-r of the niokle-in-tho-slob machine are again as of yore. The brotherhood of railway trackmen, by a referendum vote, have decided to affiliate with lIig American Federation of Labor. Tho Trout Lake dramatic society have postponed thoir proposed entertainment from tho 17th to tho .'10th. Every elfort is being mado to have a good program arranged. Chas. Hillman came in on Friday with t��. Didisheini, tbo now manager of the Sunshine Limited, operating tho Silver Cup. Mr. Didisheim went up to the mine on Saturday morning. Kootenay Mail: Tbo Ferguson Eagle has Anally reached this oflice. The paper is a bright one, and when the Mall man was through with it, it looked as If someone had been otittlug patterns from it. 'The Revelstoke Herald is surely eomlng to its old self once more. Last issue to hand says: "What wo want is u great deal more business and a great deal less politics to the square inch than we have got already." The EAGLE'S mining now.- is already being extensively clipped by it; many largely circulated exchanges. And so the good news spreads. Once got the outside to know of this high grade camp, and the rest will soon follow. ,~P. Crlelly of tho Nottie L. mino, who carao down with A. E. ICineaide to help comfort and nurse their late comrade, John Doherty, at the time of the unfortunate accident, returned to tho mine, with tho rest of the boys on Monday morning. Nelson Miner: Ferguson, in the Lardeau, is a new place, and of course It has a newspaper. It is a bright. healthy-looking sheet, but is chiefly raraarkable for the the fae* that it Is not called the Miner. It bus been christenod the EAGLE instc.d. J. Laughton has purchu -ed enough lumber from D. L. Clinic, at Trout Lake City, to make nacer^ary alterations in the Lardoau hotel, preparatory to the opening of Bpringtr ule. C. R. Scott.is doing tho rcarponter work, while J. Booth is paper ha* 'ng and painting. Two petitions arc boing . ' -oulated, one asking the department >f mines to appoint F, T. Aboy minin.; r oorder. In the event of Tom Taylor's i oslgna- tion, and tho other that A. .7. Cordon be granted the position. 1 \ <!. ('amp- bell is also spoken of vory favorably. Don't delay! Get your nunc on the voter's list at once. Registration forms can be secured at the EAGLE oflice, which will be cheerfully forwarded to the government agent, if filled out. Several havo alien ly took advantage of the franchise, if you are entitled to a vote see i it your name is put on tho list at oljo. Tho Eagle must congratulate the Trout Lake Topic upon its improved appearance and the adoption of EAGLE Ideas in it columns, since its inception in tho camp. "I wonder' why, I wonder why." The removal of a few "dead" ads, and the addition of a proof reader, would still add to Its usefulness as a medium to help advertise tho resources of.thi.i dijtrh.:. SCREAMLETS. ������!'. II ������ ��� !. ' have spent nine boors in Ww i'ork's dreadful i uit-ahopB." This mis !i;- i tatomi til made by Kdwio Mai khnm, author ol ������Tlio Man With tl a Hoo," litter Investigating the unsightly places where somo of the clothing is made. Tbe system is wrung. Thero is every reason to believo that the near future will witness a complete combination of the principal lines of railroad in the United States. Indications point in that, direction, and the formation of a great railroad combination is one of the near at hand possibilities, Tf this idea of combination is effected, tho need for a pooling | bill will be out or tho question, and railroad managers can at least afford to be honest as far as maintaining rates is concerned.���Trainmen's Journal. At present tho desirability of tho government ownership of public utilities seems to be a point on which the people of tho west are practically a unit, it is advocated by the supporters of both federal parties, whether at Ottawa or Victoria. Tt becomes thus a question outside of party politics altogether, a great social requirement, which the people are determined to havo iilled irrespective of party and lor it tlio EAQLE will continue to con- tend at all seasons and at every stage of tho game. UNITED I.AHOIt lT.ATI'OKM. 1st. Wo demand of the provincial legislature tho enforcement of the eight-hour law, aud its application to all brandies of manual labor. 2nd. Legal recognition by incorporation of labor unions and tlio extension to them of tho same rights enjoyed by other corporate bodies. 3rd. To provide for adjustment of wage disputes by arbitration on plans similar to that now in force in New Zealand. 4th. To provide for settlement of public questions by direct vote under the initiative and referendum. 5th. Government ownership of all railways, telegraph and telephone lines to be constructed, and tlio acquiring of those already in use as soon as practical; and to prevent extortation as far as possible, by tbo control of all railway, telegraph and telephone linos for public uso and to fix a reasonable maximum rate which they may chargo for service. Oth. An act to prevent employment of Chinese in any mines, factories or public work's within the province. 7th. An act to provide proper safeguards to life aud health, aud to provide an efficient mino inspection system to procure these results. 8th. An act to establish county or local government throughout the province; all offlcors of such, both judicial and executive._ to be elected by tbe popular vote of their respective localities. ���Use Bland's Dyspepsia Tablets! Cure indigostion, etc. 50c. a box at Abby's Druci Stoke. A MABK 01? I! mil ESTEEM. Auent Tom Taylor's resignation as mining recorder in this district, a position all are sorry tosoehim vacate, wore it not for the fact that he is shortly to better himself, an appropriate address and presentation will shortly be mado to him, by the citizons of Ferguson, as a slight token of their appreciation of his faithful services, and assuring him of their hearty and unanimous support in tlie event of his boing nominated at the forthcoming Liberal-Conservative convention at Revelstoke, to stand for this riding in the provincial election soon at hand. It will be found vory hard to replace Tom Taylor iu the government ofllee. DOHERTY���At Trout Lake, on Friday, March 9th, 1000, John Doherty, foreman of the Nettie L. mine, from tlio ell'oets of injuries received ou Feb. iSib while on duty. Aged 32 years. CARD or 1 HANKS. \\\- ivlsl] Up tllllllK- tho liinny frlOtllUOf tlio latoJohli Doborty fur tlmlr klnilOMi iii liim iluriiiu iiis lust illness, and ospoolally aro wo Rrntoful to Mr, anil Mrs. Auov, who <lul nl! in iiiL-ir powor in fusil iiis i,tsi momenta, 11. '.Ilill.l.Y. I'. OKIl.l.Y. M, ruil.l.Y. A Will be held in Revelstoke, B.C., under the auspices of tlie Liberal- Conservative Association, on March 17th; 1 for tho purpose of electing a candidate to contest this riding at tho forthcoming provincial election. Liberal-Conservative Association, KEVELSTOKK, B.C. Notice j T. A. Wilson. M. 1). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ���J Ferguson, B. C\ tants, eon 01 otloa Mini nil i Lake City and Ferguson in tho district of \V Kootonay and of tho surrounding district within a radius of ten miles from tlie present post office nt Ferguson, B.C., and to lay pipes and erect Onmes for the conveyance mid supply of water to tho said towns and radius; and also to supply, transmit and distribute power, light ana neat by compressed air and electricity to tho Inhabitants, corporations, mines, mills, manufactories and till other works of the said towns nnd radius; and also to construct and maintain tramway and telephone systems in the said radius nnd to extend the said systems to other districts contiguous thereto; nnd also to erect, lay, construct and maintain all such works, bridges, tracks, roads, suliwavs, buildings, 1!nines,dums, raceways, poles, pipes, wires, cables, structures and appliances as may be necessary to fully and completely carry out the purposes of the tympany; and also to havo the right to enter and to expropriate lands for Kites for power houses, stations, tramway lines and other necessary works, nnd to appropriate, ubo and divert so much of the waters of Lardeau creek nt n point about one nnd a qunrter miles from the school house at Trout Lake City and any other creek, lobe or stream which may be found most convenient and advantageous within the said radius as inny be neccssurv for the purposes of tlie com pnnv in order ("supply water, heat, power un.t lijJit lo the iiiliuPt- tauis, corporations, mines, mills, manufactories and othor workB within the satd radius, and to do all such other things as are Incidental or conducive to tho attainment of tlio above objects or any nf them. Dated this let March, A. l>. 1900, QUO, B, UoOABTBR, 6- tf Solicitor for Applicants. Notice. NOTfCK IS HKREBY GIVEN that an application will bo inndc to tho Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia at its next session for an Act to Incorporate o company with j ower to construct, equip, maintain and operate tolophono and telegraph lines within and throughout all the cities, towns, municipalities and districts oi the mainland of the Province of British Columbia and to construct, erect, and maintain such and so many poles ami oilier works and devices as tho company deem necessary for making, completing, supporting, using, working, operating and maintaining tho system of communication by telephone and telegiaoh, and to oj en or break up any part or pan's of the said highways or streets as often as the said company, Its agents, officers or workmen think proper and forthe purposo of the undertaking to purchase, acquire,lease, expropriate, hold and sell and dispose of lands, buildings, or tenements within the limits aforesaid, and to purchase or least.', for any term of years, any telephone or telegraph Hue established or to ho established in British Columbia connected j or to be connected with the lino which thooora- pany mav construct, and to amalgamate wilh or lease its lino or linos* or any portion or portions thereof, in miv company possessing as proprietor, any line of telephone or telegraph communication connecting or to be conneotod with tho said company's line or lines, ahd to borrow money for the purposo of the company, and to pledge or mortgage any of the company's assets for that purpose, and lo recoive bonuses, or privileges from any person or body corporate, mid with .ill other usual, necessary or Incidental rights, powers or privileges as may bo necessary or incidental to tho attainment Of the above objects, or any of them. Dated this lsl day of March, 1800. ' DAI.1 .V HAMILTON, ���r'���tf Solicitors for the Applicants. Fred C. Elliott, BARRISTER, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. TROUT LAKE CITY B. C��� AND Ferguson, B. C. Harvey, McCarter tf Pinkham BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. OFFICES : REVELSTOKE AND GOLDEN. Solicitors for Imperial Bank oi Canada. Geo. S. McCarter. J. A. Hiirvey. A. M, Pinkham, White, Gwillim tf Scott, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. OFFICES: MoKENZLE AVENUE, Revelstoke, B. C. A- H. Holdich, Esq., ASSAYER AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, Revelstoke, B. C. Fayette .Buker, Mining and Real Estate Broker. Mining Properties Listed. BEVELSTOKE. B.C. Methodist Church, TROl'T LAKE CITY, B.C. Services in Forrostor's Hall everv Bhndayat 7:30p.m. Sunday School at ;> p.m. Everybody cordially invited. J. li. FLEMING. Don't wait for Lumber We have on band at tho lowost prices In the country Rough and Dressed Lumber Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Etc. Call on us or write for our quotations, special order.] promptly or our nn ���Hy tilled. Kootenay Lute Company, Ltd, COHAl'M.X. li- C. Furoiture... and House furnishings from our large and well assorted stock Is already very evident in the Lardeau una Trout Lake district, which means that wc aro successful competitors' with all comers in price and quality. Before you invest in our ii no drop us a card for [([notations. We can save you money. R. HOWSON tf CO., REVELSTOKE, B.C :j Ferguson Shaving Parlor F1UNK 1IOI.TK.N, TONSOKIA1. ARTIBT All brunohes ol the tonsorlnl art oxooutod wttli ambidextortous dexterity. BATH ROOM IX CONNECTION; The Pioneer Store STOI1KS AT FERGUSON AND TEN-MILE. Cummins & Co. WALL PAPER A large stock of assorted Wall Papers, embossed and ingrain, with border and ceilings to match, now selling nt a very low figure. J. BOOTH, PAINTER, HOTEL LARDEAU. The s.st Lardeau Loaves Comaplix for Thomson's Landing nt 8 a. in. Leaves Thomson's Landing for Arrowhead at 8:80 a. m. Returning leaves Arrowhead for Thomson's Landing at i!:;tO p. m. Leaven Thomson's Landing for Comaplix at 4 p.m. KOOTENAY LUMBER COMPANY, Comnplix, B. C. S. Shannon, Assayer and Analytical Chemist. OFFICE- VICTORIA AVE., FEROU60N, II. C. House Painting and Decorating r ADDRESS HOTEL I PAPER HANDING AND SKIN WRITING CONTRACTS TAKEN, WITH OR WITHOUT MATERIAL ONLY ONE KIND OF WORK, THE VERY BEST. !ardEad J. Booth, E. I.. KIN5IAN. The Revelstoke, Trout Lake and Big Bend Telephone Company, Limited. HEAD OFFICE: TROUT LAKE CITY, B.C. FOR WEDDING OK FANCY CAKES Drop u lino to me, or il you want Broiid in any quantity, let me know, nnd I'll quote prices low eiiongli to interest yon. Our Wedding Cake artist is tlie lest in 11. 0. Address: A. N. SMITH, REVELSTOKE, B.C. Sick People If you want medicine supplied from the purest of Drugs and act unitcly dispensed send to the CANADA DRUG & HOOK CO., LIMITED, REVELSTOKE, B, C. Mail orders promptly attended to. Enterprise Beer Made by the Enterprise Browing Co,, at Revelstoke, is keeping the camp cheerful. When you want tho best insist on " Enterprise." All the leading hotels handle it. ENTERPRISE BREWING CO., REVELSTOKE,. B C. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Ferguson Packing and Transfer Outfit HEADQUARTERS AT FERGUSON, B.C. Contracts entered into for packing ol Mining Supplies, etc., to any point In tho district. Good, prompt service, and any work undertaken guaranteed. Freighting from Thomson's Landing to Ferguson a spocialty. S. DANEY, Proprietor. We Can Outfit You With Everything required in this district. Prospector, miner, capitalist, expert, laborer, it matters not, wo can supply you, in any quantity, and as , we already do nearly all the local! supplying, it evidences the fact that our goods, prices" and treatment is right. We successfully compete with large outsido firms ; we buy direct from the manufacturers in largo luts at closo casli prices, and can sell you a complete outlit, carefully packed, and ready for pack-horse transportation to any part of the district. When you reach.Ferguson don't overlook these facts. McKinnon & Sutherland, GENERAL MERCHANTS AND OUTFITTERS. ^Mfi^&^@m��$ffi^i FERGUSON, 1.1. O. We aim to give full value for your nionoy in Groceries, Provisions. Dry Goods, Tools. Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Crockery, Steel, Powder; all kinds of Miners' Supplies Call and see our stock and get quotations. BATHO & CO., General Merchants and Outfitters for the Lardeau "if!* BEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGAISS. J& FINELY EQUIPPED UAH. i f BEST CUISINE SERVICE. REFITTED AND REFURNISHED. # I # f BEST J2.00 A DAY HOUSE IN THE LARDEAU DISTRICT III ��$��� NEATLY FURNISHED, WELL LIGHTED AND HEATED ROOJIt /. Laughton, Proprietor. Ferguson, B. C. HEADQUARTERS FOR MINERS AND MINING MEN iii WELL LIGHTED AND HEATED ROOMS. SITUATED ON VICTORIA AVI H$ $-&-#-# #$���$$���# t $#$���$ 3Hh$h�� jjhShSh$* CONVENIENTLY & SITUATED ON VICTORIA AVE. ijc m WINDSOR HOTEL MRS. S. O'CONNOR, PROPRIETRESS. Ferguson, B.C. EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR THE COMFORT OF GUESTS. THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE LARDEAU DISTRICT. RATES FROM J2.0O TO ��3.50 PER DAY. Hotel Perguson 'IHE PIONEER HOTEL OF THE LARDEAU. ; The Bar is supplied with the best brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Headquarters for.Mining and Commercial Men. Rates $2.00 a Day and upwards, Ferguson Bros., Proprietors^ ii ii �� ri'ltthfCta UNION MADE by The Kootenay Cigar Mf'g Co., Nelson, B.C. SEE THAT THE BLUE LABEL 18 ON EACH BOX.
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Title | Ferguson Eagle |
Alternate Title | [Lardeau Eagle] |
Publisher | Ferguson, B.C. : R.P. Pettipiece |
Date Issued | 1900-03-14 |
Geographic Location |
Ferguson (B.C.) Ferguson |
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Language | English |
Notes | Published by R.P. Pettipiece from 1900-02-14 to 1902-03-27; by Alfred Pelkey from 1902-04-03 to 1902-05-29; by E.G. Woodward from 1902-06-06 to 1904-03-04; and by J.J. Atherton from 1904-06-10 to 1904-10-14. |
Identifier | Lardeau_Eagle_1900-03-14 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2015-11-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 120992cb-f6eb-4e88-aaa6-094d39412427 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0082299 |
Latitude | 50.6833 |
Longitude | -117.4832999 |
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